University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg
University Mary Washington exterior

University of Mary Washington: CEFAM partner

Founded over 110 years ago, the University of Mary Washington is located just south of Washington DC in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The University of Mary Washington follows the Liberal Arts Tradition, and has an extremely rich culture of social activities. There are over 150 Clubs and Organizations, and professors spend a large amount of time outside of the classroom, focusing on both their students’ academic growth, as well as their professional and personal development. 

CEFAM graduates receive direct admission into UMW’s MBA program. UMW even offers merit-based scholarships to incoming CEFAM graduates. 

Key Facts & Figures

1908 Founded in
5000 students
More than 150 Clubs and Organizations
over 42,000 alumni

Photos of the university

A tour of the new Information and Technology Convergence Center, Friday August 22, 2014. (Photo by Norm Shafer).
Tennis center University Mary Washington
Cheerleader University Mary Washington

Rankings

  • Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2024. UMW is featured in this guide to some 300 of the “best and most interesting” public and private colleges and universities in the nation, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland
  • The Princeton Review, 2024. “The Best 389 Colleges” among the nearly 100 schools named Best in the Mid-Atlantic region
  • Forbes, 2022. “America’s Top Colleges” ranked UMW 272nd of the 500 top undergraduate institutions; 64th of the nation’s public colleges; 42nd in the South

Notable Alumni

  • Shin Fujiyama is a Japanese-American philanthropist who co-founded Students Helping Honduras. He won the Changing Our World/Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Ages 18–28 and the CNN Heroes2009 Award
  • Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards (July 3, 1949 – December 7, 2010) was an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist.

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